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Urban Ecology Center

The Urban Ecology Center fosters ecological understanding as inspiration for change, neighborhood by neighborhood. Our environmental community centers provide outdoor science education for urban youth, protect, preserve, and enhance public natural areas making them safe, accessible, and vibrant,
promote community by offering resources that support learning, volunteerism, stewardship, and recreation, and
practice and model environmentally responsible behaviors.
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Vision

We believe that by inspiring generations to build environmental curiosity, understanding and respect we can restore hope and heal our urban natural world, neighborhood by neighborhood.... Read more

Mission

We connect people in cities with nature and each other.... Read more

Additional Culture Details

Our Values:
- Practice Kindness
- Nurture communities of belonging
- Care for nature
- Seek knowledge and inspire learning
- Find fun and share it
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Values

Practice Kindness
We assume best intentions and recognize humanity in ourselves and others by leading intentionally with kindness, openness, warmth, concern and care.

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Company Snapshots

UEC staff photo taken at 2019 all-staff retreat.
A young participant enjoying urban nature!
Photo by Elliot Stevenson, @WanderingBadger 87
UEC staff showing off a new t-shirt design.
Ken Leinbach celebrating 20 years as UEC Executive Director
Every season is fun at the Urban Ecology Center!